WHAT IS FREEDOM

Freedom Now, there’s a word abused, Misunderstood and misused By the Far Left, the Far Right, The loose cannons, the uptight, The free spirits, the lost souls, The imprisoned, the paroled, The enlightened, the dimwitted, Those without, those with it,

During July 4th fireworks The patriotic jerks Use the word without thought “Support those who fought For our freedom!” they scream But no war in decades, it seems, Was fought to preserve Their Freedomland dreams.

Yes, we’re the Cops of the World And as that freedom word’s hurled As we awesomely attack I am taken aback. Are we bringing them democracy, Or some new tyrant’s monstrosity? Are we trading our children for oil, Sending them to die on foreign soil, While the rich pad their bank accounts And our Middle Class fails to surmount The inflated hills of credit card bills?

Freedom, yeah I wish I was free From phone taps and cameras that shadow me, From the x-rays and pat downs at airline gates, From small-minded leaders preaching hate. They say, “Freedom’s not free,” and that’s no lie, It cost all of us much, the price is high. You see, the freedom we have in the USA Costs the freedom we’re willing to give away.